Influencer Emilie Kiser breaks silence after Trigg's pool death

Emilie Kiser, a 26-year-old social media influencer, broke her months-long silence on Aug. 28 following the death of her 3-year-old son, Trigg, who drowned in the family pool at their Chandler, Arizona, home in May. In an emotional Instagram post and court filings, Kiser said she takes "full accountability" as Trigg’s mother, described the loss as "impossible to put into words" and asked for privacy as she and her husband continue to grieve.

According to police records, Trigg was found unresponsive in the backyard pool on May 12 and died at Phoenix Children’s Hospital on May 18. The Chandler Police Department’s report, which was partially released after Kiser sought to block some materials from public view, said surveillance video shows the child was unsupervised for about nine minutes and submerged for seven before being recovered by his father, Brady Kiser. Court documents and Kiser’s declaration say the family has asked a judge to keep photos and video footage of the incident from becoming public because viewing them "forces me to relive the worst moment of my life," she wrote.

Kiser’s post thanked family, friends and followers for support and acknowledged intense guilt over...